MICHAEL THOMAS WILSON RESUMÉ AND CURRICULUM VITAE Phone: 302.252.5318 Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION 2013 - Institute of Technology Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Studies and Planning Specialization in City Design and Development 2011 Harvard Graduate School of Design Master of Landscape Architecture With Distinction; Thesis advised by Charles Waldheim and Daniel Schrag – “Shifting Ground: Redefining ’s Landscape Infrastructure for a Changing Climate” 2011 Harvard Graduate School of Design Master of Urban Planning With Distinction 2007 Harvard College AB in Environmental Science and Public Policy Cum Laude in Field; Thesis advised by Daniel Schrag – “Challenges Facing the Development of the Athabasca Oil Sands” 2006 Harvard-Ca’Foscari Summer School | Venice, Italy Studied Visual Landscape of the Veneto and Watershed Management, Restoration, and Design; Researched sea level rise and climate change impacts

HONORS, AWARDS, AND FUNDED RESEARCH 2013 MIT Presidential Fellowship 2011 Charles Eliot Traveling Fellowship $40,000 award to study “Resourceful Landscapes: The Northern Frontier in a Changing Climate” in the US and Canada, north of the 40th Parallel 2011 Landscape Architecture Thesis Prize 2011 Award for Academic Excellence in Urban Planning 2011 Harvard GSD Unsung Hero Award 2009 Penny White Award $2,000 with Alexis Canter to study “American Transects: The Road and the In- Between”, the landscape infrastructure of tourism in the Colorado River Basin 2007 Presidential Scholarship $20,000 for urban planning study and potential in a career of public service 2007 Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize Award for outstanding undergraduate scholarly work or research 2007 Laurance S. Rockefeller Thesis Prize Honors a thesis of high distinction in Environmental Science and Public Policy 2006 Harvard Center for the Environment Undergraduate Summer Research Fund $3,000 to travel for “Challenges Facing the Development of the Athabasca Oil Sands” 2006 Harvard Office of International Programs $1,500 to travel for Harvard Ca’Foscari Summer School 2004 Nemours/duPont Hospital for Children Summer Research Scholar $3,000 to research and analyze scientific and medical literature on pediatric atopy for publication and submission for a NIH grant

Wilson CV 11.2013 | 1 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 2011-2013 Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates | , NY Senior Designer • Managed MVVA landscape architecture contribution along Brooklyn and Queens waterfronts to ’s Strategic Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency, a multi-agency fast-tracked inventory, analysis, and recommendation report in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy released in June 2013 • Managed MVVA Team landscape architecture and urban planning contribution to Summer 2012 Port Lands Acceleration Initiative, a comprehensive public and stakeholder evaluation process, including environmental infrastructural assessments • Project team member on winning proposal for Waller Creek Design Competition in Austin, Texas, performing preliminary development projections, regulatory analysis, and urban design guidelines • Created schematic drawings, diagrams, digital plans, perspectives, physical studies, 3D models, and construction documents for projects including: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St Louis, New York University Master Plan, Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, and 2010 Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates | Brooklyn, NY Intern • Project team member on winning proposal for Framing a Modern Masterpiece: The City+The+Arch+The River Competition 2009 Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates | Brooklyn, NY Intern • Contributed to finalist entry in Jatkasäari Low2No sustainable urban design competition in Helsinki, Finland • Model builder on winning proposal for North Grant Park Competition in 2008 O2 Planning + Design | Calgary, AB, Canada Intern • Designed preliminary concept for pro-bono playground renovation at local public school for children with special needs. • Surveyed Kinbrook Island Provincial Park for existing conditions analysis. • Edited cartographic and ecological data for Calgary Regional Plan.

Project Experience at MVVA Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency – New York, New York – MVVA Project Manager Lower Don Lands Port Lands Acceleration Initiative, Toronto, Ontario, Canada – MVVA Project Manager Lower Don Lands Master Plan, Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Project Staff Waller Creek Competition, Austin, Texas – Project Staff Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 2, Pier 3+4 Upland, Brooklyn, New York – Project Staff York Quay Landscape, Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Project Staff Pier 54, New York, New York – Project Staff Hudson Park and Boulevard, New York, New York – Project Staff New York University Feasibility Study, New York, New York – Project Staff Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Brooklyn, New York – Project Staff Novartis Oncology Consolidation Project Landscape, East Hanover, New Jersey – Project Staff Vassar College Sciences Project, Poughkeepsie, New York – Project Staff City + Arch + River 2015, St Louis, – Project Staff North Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois – Project Staff Helsinki Low2No Competition, Helsinki, Finland – Project Staff and contributed writing for various RFQs, RFPs, articles, and research publications

Wilson CV 11.2013 | 2 RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Assistantships 2011 Research Assistant to Daniel Schrag Mapping and analyzing sea level rise effects on Boston Harbor and its rivers 2011 Research Assistant to Jerold Kayden Conference planning on sea level rise effects on Boston Harbor and its rivers 2010 Head Teaching Assistant to Judith Grant Long GSD 1121 – Elements of Urban Planning Core Studio 2009-2010 Research Assistant to Richard Forman Researching common built forms in urban regions for ecological impacts 2008-2009 Research Assistant to Carl Steinitz and MIT DUSP Team Statistical and spatial calculations for visual landscape assessments of Valencia, Spain and Telluride, Colorado.

Committee Service 2010 Student Portfolio Reviewer Landscape Architecture MLA I Admissions Committee 2010 Student Representative Landscape Architecture Junior Faculty Search 2009 Student Representative Urban Planning Senior Faculty Search 2009 Student Representative Landscape Architecture Junior Faculty Search

PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITS, AND LECTURES Publications 2013 Landscape Architecture Magazine Co-author with Kate Larsen (MVVA) of “Wood that Could and Should”, an article on sustainability and reclaimed site material in Brooklyn Bridge Park (photography by Elizabeth Fellicella) 2011 Environment @ Harvard Harvard Center for the Environment newsletter cover article (Volume 3, Issue 2) 2011 Harvard GSD StudioWorks Landscape architecture thesis “Shifting Ground” 2010 Harvard GSD StudioWorks and Platform 3 First Semester Urban Planning Core project Second Semester Urban Planning Core project 2009 Harvard GSD StudioWorks and Platform 2 Third Semester Landscape Architecture Core team project 2009 Ecological Urbanism, ed. Mostafavi and Doherty MVVA Team contribution 2007 Archives of Disease in Childhood Co-author of “Antenatal risk factors, cytokines and the development of atopic disease in early childhood”, Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2007 Jan 92(1):F68-73

Exhibits 2011 GSD Commencement Exhibition Landscape Architecture Thesis Prize “Shifting Ground” 2010 GSD Platform 3 First Semester Urban Planning Core Studio project Second Semester Urban Planning Core Studio project

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Lectures 2012 Harvard GSD - “Urban Responses to Climate Change: Shifting Ground” Guest Lecturer for FAS EPS-223/GSD 6370/LAW 96112A 2011 Harvard GSD Urban Planning Career Discovery Guest Lecturer “Shifting Ground” and Critic 2010 Harvard GSD Landscape Lunchbox Penny White Presentation on the landscape of tourist infrastructure in the Southwest “American Transects: the Road and the In Between” with Alexis Canter

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE AND VOLUNTEERING 2013 - City of Boston Conservation Commissioner Appointed by Mayor Thomas Menino for a three-year term and responsible for administering the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act in the City of Boston 2009-2010 GSD Language Resource Center English as a Second Language and Writing Tutor 2009 Project Link Lite Instructor for weekly extracurricular architecture high school outreach program 2007-2008 The Memorial Church, Harvard University Student Assistant 2007-2008 The Memorial Church, Harvard University Member of the Grants Committee 2003-2007 The Memorial Church, Harvard University Choir Secretary and Choral Fellow of Harvard University Choir 2004-2005 Resource Efficiency Program, Harvard Green Campus Initiative Dunster House Liaison 2003-2004 Harvard Health Policy Review Senior Layout Editor

SKILLS Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite, ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, Rhino, and Sketchup Working Knowledge of Video editing software, 3ds Max, AutoCAD Civil 3d, Microsoft Access, Quark XPress, and Vectorworks. Experimenting with @RISK, SLOSH, HAZUS, and HEC-RAS modeling software.

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